I guess I’m going to be the contrarian here. Rick Santorum has a proven track record of being conservative to very conservative on most issues. I would have no problem with him being our nominee. That said, I don’t think he has a good shot. He’s a long shot at best.
Well, except on the conservative use of government. He was all for plentiful use of government. He voted FOR increased minimum wage every time it came up, for example.
Sure, he was morally "conservative" if you use "conservative" as code for "wants to use government to enforce Christian values," when he said he wanted to get ride of Planned Parenthood, etc. -- a great idea to get RID of government, to use government CONSERVATIVELY, as in sparingly, and government has zero business in "planned parenthood" and the murderous evil "planned abortions" that go with it on the taxpayers dime.
Hooray for Rick if he had kept it there, but Noooooooo -- your so-called "conservative" Rick advocated for LIBERAL use of government in that he wanted to simple redirect tax-payer-funded government resources away from the evil planned parenthood, TOWARD the much more moral choice of adoption. But a TRUE CONSERVATIVE would say, "that is still the liberal use of government; government has zero business in 'planned parenthood' whether it involves abortion OR adoption."
I did my due diligence in 2012.
Rick may be a moral Christian with good Christian values, but he STILL is very liberal when it comes to the use of government -- Rick is all for plentiful government, as long as it is HIS kind of compassionate plentiful government. I will only vote for Republicans or others who advocate for the conservative use of government -- that is, LIMITED GOVERNMENT.
He’s a one issue pony -
WE have powerful enemies and O’s mass-destruction of our country to overcome.
WE need someone with FAR greater experience and brain power - and less self-awareness.